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No time for a full day of field trips?

Take advantage of some nearby, self-guided mini-adventures in Livermore.

Carnegie Museum http://www.livermorehistory.com/Carnegie%20Museum/Carnegie%20Museum.html This is the home of the Livermore Heritage Guild. A docent is always in attendance to assist visitors with access to information in their archives. Open 11:30am-4pm. 2155 Third St. Livermore, CA 94550. Wente Vineyards https://www.wentevineyards.com/tasting-rooms/vineward-tasting-room Call to schedule a tour 925-456-2405. $25/$35 includes 45 minute history, building and caves tour while tasting. You are welcome to visit their tasting room without a reservation. Open 11am-6pm. 5040 Arroyo Rd. Livermore, Ca 94550.

***Gate Passcode: #4453 - #HIKE

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Workshop Schedule (At a Glance) Friday, March 31 2017

All Day Field Trips (pre-registration required)

4:00pm-8:00pm Registration Late arrivals please find cabin assignment posted at the dining hall and check in with Luke Bailey when possible.

Outside of Dining Hall

6:00pm-7:00pm Dinner Dining Hall

7:00pm-9:00pm Campfire Social and Welcome Amphitheater

Saturday, April 1 2017

6:30am-8:00am Early Morning Events See schedule in Dining Hall

7:00am-9:00am Registration

8:00am-8:55am Breakfast

Dining Hall

9:00am-9:20am Welcome by Ruth Orta Elder, Him•re-n of Ohlone, Bay Miwok, and Plains Miwok Cultural Interpreter, East Bay Regional Park District Director’s Address Welcome: Camp Arroyo Taylor Family Foundation

Dining Hall

9:20am-10:20am Keynote Address: Dr. Nooshin Razani - UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

Dining Hall

10:20am-10:40am Break

10:40am-12:00pm Concurrent Sessions

Bones, Feathers and Fur: Grabbing Visitor Interest with Hand-Held Objects

Paul Ferreira, Sharol Nelson-Embry, and Nancy Ceridwyn

Dining Hall

Digging Deep through Facilitated Dialogue

Kathryn Daskal and Lori Brosnan

Arts and Crafts Yurt

How Learning Happens: Reflecting on Practice

Lindzy Bivings, California Academy of Science, and Kathryn Danielson

Garden Shed

12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch

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1:15pm-2:05pm Concurrent Sessions

Connecting to Culture and History through Feature Films

Craig Riordan

Dining Hall

Raising Your Community’s Voice!

Jaimee Rizzotti, Phillip Coffin, and Reyna Oceguera

Arts and Crafts Yurt

Teaching Stewardship through Bushcraft

Stephen Stolper

Garden Shed

2:15pm-3:05pm Concurrent Sessions

Build a Diverse Outdoors and Strengthen People and Parks

Veronica Pedrazza and Kelly Cave

Dining Hall

Saying a Lot by Speaking Very Little

Elizabeth Tucker

Arts and Crafts Yurt

Building Community Using Environmental Challenges & Games

Bob Flasher

Garden Shed

3:15pm-4:35pm Concurrent Sessions

Reframing the Climate Conversation

Laura Drath and Kathryn Schulz

Dining Hall

Lab Then Gab: the NGSS Approach to Environmental Education

Allison Martin

Arts and Crafts Yurt

3:15pm-5:00pm Wood Ducking! A Citizen Science Project

Cat Taylor

*Extended Concurrent Session*

Garden Shed

4:45pm-5:30pm 2018 Workshop Planning Meeting Dining Hall Patio

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6:00pm-8:30pm Dinner, Scholarship Auction, Brewer’s Social Dining Hall

Sunday, April 2 2017

6:30am-8:00am Early Morning Events See List in Dining Hall

8:15am-9:30am Breakfast and Business Meeting Dining Hall

9:45am-11:05am Concurrent Sessions

Teasing Out the Science

Christy Sherr

Dining Hall

Lessons Learned from the Performing Arts

Lisa Borok

Arts and Crafts Yurt

The Language of Invitation

M. Amos Clifford

Garden Shed

11:15am-12:05pm Concurrent Sessions

Inspiring Stewardship through Collaboration, Education, and Restoration

Michelle Jimenez-Holtz and Rob Wade

Dining Hall

Our Stories Matter

Stephen Cote

Arts and Crafts Yurt

Walking City Landscapes

Rejane Butler and Nomisha Williams

Garden Shed

12:05pm-1:15pm Lunch and Closing Dining Hall

No time for a full day of field trips?

Donate to the NAI Legacy Fund A core strategic goal for NAI is to assure the long-term financial health and sustainability of the association. A huge step toward that goal was taken in 2004 when our organization purchased and renovated a central National office through the generous support of our members. We are now working to pay off the mortgage to enhance our ability to focus resources on programs, training, and services. This is increasingly important as the association grows and expands its training programs and concentrates on the future of interpretation as a profession.

We’ve been challenged by the Great Lakes Region to contribute what we can. Please consider making a charitable gift to the Legacy Fund, in any amount, during Saturday night’s auction.

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Friday Fieldtrips 9:30am-2:30pm* 30 maximum Free ($18 for public transit from Pleasanton)

Alcatraz Island: Behind the Scenes Tour Trip Leader Kathryn Daskal, Supervisory Park Ranger - Alcatraz, Golden Gate National Recreation Area 415.705.9945, kathryn_daskal@nps.gov / Website: http://www.nps.gov/alca

Explore the many layers of fascinating history on Alcatraz Island. Spend 2 hours on a unique behind the scenes tour with a park ranger and gain insights into the island's storied history and the challenges and rewards of interpreting such a high-profile, infamous site. You will have time on your own after the guided tour to take the audio tour of the cell house and to explore other areas of the island. Dress in layers as it can be windy and cold. Bring a lunch or plan to purchase on the boat. There is no food service on the island, and eating is allowed only on the boat or at the dock on the island.

Trip departs from Alcatraz Ferry Terminal at Pier 33 in San Francisco. For details on how to get to the Alcatraz Cruises Ferry Terminal at Pier 33, visit: https://www.alcatrazcruises.com/website/faqs-visiting-alcatraz.aspx

*If start/end at Pier 33 in SF; 8am-4:30pm if start/end at Pleasanton Bart

Explore 950 feet of an underground silica sand mine on this guided tour and learn the mining history. Hard hats and flashlights are provided. Explore what remains of a former coal town. After lunch on your own in the town of Antioch, visit Antioch Dunes NWR, the first refuge established solely to protect two endangered plants and one insect. In addition to protecting the Antioch Dunes evening primrose, Contra Costa wallflower, and the Lange's metalmark butterfly, the refuge provides habitat for a diversity of native plant and animal species. Optional habitat work project at Antioch Dunes 2-3pm.

Websites: http://www.ebparks.org/parks/black_diamond and https://www.fws.gov/refuge/antioch_dunes/

9am-4pm 20 participants, max Free

The Care and Feeding of Interpretation for Recreation Areas Carnegie & Del Valle Trip Leader Elise McFarland (Carnegie) and Kevin Damstra (Del Valle) 510.544.3241

Explore two Livermore sites: hiking at Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area (CA State Parks-SVRA) and kayaking at Lake Del Valle (East Bay Regional Parks) to discover strategies for working with the public as well as meeting regulatory and management needs.

Visit Carnegie SVRA in the hills east of Livermore to learn about interpretation and management programs in a recreational setting. We’ll see rehabilitation projects and talk about using interpretation to encourage compliance with regulations and foster a desire to protect resources. This tour will be by four-wheel drive vehicle and on foot. After stopping for lunch, participants will then head to Del Valle Regional Park, for a three-hour kayaking session

9am-2pm 24 participant, max Free

Black Diamond Mines EBRPD and Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge Trip Leader Kate Collins, EBRPD staff 510-544-2755 & Susan Euing, NWR staff 510.377.5928

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with East Bay Regional Park District Naturalist and Recreation Staff. Participants will discover how mandates are being met and expanded, as we take in the beauty of the lake. All gear will be provided.

Attendees are encouraged to carpool; maps and details of what to bring will be sent before the trip. Please meet in the morning at the entry kiosk at Carnegie at 18600 West Corral Hollow Rd., Tracy, CA 95377.

Websites: http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1172 and http://www.ebparks.org/parks/del_valle

10am-2:30pm 20 participants, max $20 (includes lunch)

Visit A Farm - Partnerships in Urban Agriculture Trip Leaders Sara Shellenbarger, Park Program Coordinator, Martial Cottle Park, Santa Clara County Parks, 408.535.4062, sara.shellenbarger@prk.sccgov.org

Cultivate community partnerships on a visit to Martial Cottle Park. Learn how Santa Clara County’s newest park is taking a collaborative approach to interpreting agricultural history. Find out how park staff and partners from the University of California Cooperative Extension and Jacob’s Farm are reaching a diverse urban population through shared participatory learning experiences focused on sustainable farming, and gardening practices. Explore the park’s role in leadership development with youth and underserved communities and enhancing access to healthy food. Tour the historic life estate, see what’s growing in the community gardens, enjoy fresh produce from the farm stand, and watch the organic farming operation at work. Meet at the Martial Cottle Park Visitor Center at 10am.

Website: http://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/pages/martialcottle

9:30am-2pm 20 participants, max Free

Parks Prescriptions: a Partnership with Children's Hospital and the Regional Parks Trip Leaders Morgan Dill, EBRPD 510.544.3187 or mdill@ebparks.org

Doctors are prescribing nature outings for their patients! Learn about the partnership between parks and health care providers with a tour of the UB Children's Hospital of Oakland where the clinic walls feature nearby parks and doctors host weekend outings to the parks with naturalists. Then take a relaxing walk with park staff to learn the benefits first hand. Consider how you could partner with physicians in your area to get patients outdoors.

Meet at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Clinic, 5275 Claremont Ave, Oakland: http://www.childrenshospitaloakland.org/main/maps-locations/8.aspx. Directions to the Regional Park will be shared at the trip.

Website: http://www.ebparks.org/activities/hphp/shine

9am-2pm 22 participants, max Free

Vasco Caves Tour Trip Leader Mike Moran, EBRPD staff 510.544.2753 or mmoran@ebparks.org

Hike 2-3 miles through this windswept landscape, which is sacred to local California Indian communities and a refuge for endangered species. A few faint examples of remnant Native American rock art can be viewed. The Preserve is accessible only through guided tours.

Meet at Brushy Peak Staging Area. Find directions to the meeting place using Google maps at http://goo.gl/7KGE6V . Will need to caravan to entry area due to limited parking and access (locked gate.

Website: http://www.ebparks.org/parks/vasco

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Concurrent Sessions Saturday, April 1st

10:40am-12:00pm Bones, Feathers and Fur - Grabbing Visitor Interest with Hand-Held Objects Paul Ferreira, Oakland Zoo; Sharol Nelson-Embry, East Bay Regional Park District; and Nancy Ceridwyn, Merritt College

Learn how you can provoke and inspire your visitors' interest in the natural world around them. Learn the brain science behind the use of biofacts and artifacts in programs and why they’re such powerful tools for all learning styles. We'll consider the ethics, necessary permits and conservation considerations of acquiring and caring for them. Participate in learning centers that demonstrate Common Core science activities utilizing lion and warthog skulls, a variety of feathers and furs, scat and more.

Digging Deep through Facilitated Dialogue Kathryn Daskal and Lori Brosnan, National Park Service, Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate NRA

How do you get visitors to share what they know or how they feel about provocative themes associated with your park resources? How do you inspire and manage a discussion with visitors around potentially controversial topics, that results in deeper engagement with park resources? This class will provide you the tools needed to build a relevant, provocative, cutting edge interpretive experience. Using a facilitated arc of dialogue, you will learn how to help visitors explore multiple points of view, engage in inquiry and exploration beyond their own experience, and learn from one another.

How Learning Happens: Reflecting on Practice Lindzy Bivings and Kathryn Danielson, California Academy of Sciences

This session engages participants in a discussion on current research about how learning happens and how to support learning. The learning sciences offer insights and evidence on how learning occurs across multiple timeframes and settings. Participants talk about foundational ideas on learning, explore practical implications of current research, and share strategies for transforming practice. This session is an adaption of a Research Discussion from the Reflecting on Practice professional learning program for informal science educators. Participants will learn about how to facilitate the program back to their institutions in order to get interpretive certifications.

1:15pm-2:05pm Connecting to Culture and History through Feature Films

Craig Riordan, Humboldt State University and Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front NHP

The medium of film can be a very powerful and effective interpretive mechanism. Movies allow us to experience emotional connections, gain intellectual understanding, see things from new perspectives, and

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have a shared experience with fellow movie watchers. This program will allow participants to examine how they might use feature films as an interpretive tool.

Raising Your Community’s Voice!

Jaimee Rizzotti, Philip Coffin, and Reyna Oceguera, East Bay Regional Park District

“Raising Your Community’s Voice!” will provide simple tools to conduct a community needs assessment to help guide your interpretive programs. You will first get an overview of creating a community needs assessment survey and target audience list. Second, we will share techniques for implementing the survey and

analyzing responses. A case study will be presented on how results from a needs assessment guided the creation of a successful program. Finally, participants will break out into small groups to begin the process of conducting a needs assessment.

Teaching Stewardship through Bushcraft

Steven Stolper, Docent, Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Help people to love nature and the outdoors through bushcraft. Bushcraft is the practical knowledge of our natural world. Bushcraft skills (sometimes called “Traditional Skills”) provide shelter, water, fire and food from materials found in our natural environment. But it is more than that! It is an “experiential” approach to understanding nature. Bushcraft compliments the latest science in natural history, botany, animal behavior and the environment. This fun hands-on talk covers seven bushcraft skills with examples and demonstrations. It discusses how to integrate these skills into your interpretive programs to encourage stewardship of the environment.

2:15pm-3:05pm Build a Diverse Outdoors and Strengthen People and Parks

Veronica Pedrazza and Kelly Cave, Humboldt State University Redwood Chapter of Environmental Educators

There is a lack of diversity in the America's public lands, land intended for all. People need to open their eyes to see the issue because the lack of support makes our natural spaces vulnerable now and for future generation. We will be discussing whether our public lands are for all or for the affluent and cover ways to build a more inclusive community. Studies show that making connections with nature help individuals protect and care for their resources as well as improve quality of health.

Saying a Lot by Speaking Very Little

Elizabeth Tucker, Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front NHP

Non-verbal techniques can really enhance an interpretive program and reach people in both intellectual and emotional ways. Learn several techniques and tools that can help you communicate volumes with very few words....and you won't be accused of being the "sage on the stage"!!

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Building Community Using Environmental Challenges and Games

Bob Flasher, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Environmental games: a participatory, enjoyable and effective way to communicate environmental concepts while fully engaging everyone in the process. We will play a large variety of games that you can easily use to enhance the effectiveness and enjoyment of your own programs.

3:15pm-4:35pm Reframing the Climate Conversation

Laura Drath, California Department of Fish & Wildlife, and Kathryn Schulz, California Department of Water Resources

Climate change affects everyone’s site. Learn skills that will help you successfully communicate climate change science and motivate your community to take action. National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI) alums provide an introduction to tested principles that will help you:

• Communicate climate change science while avoiding crisis and advancing ingenuity • Understand how interpretation for social change differs from standard interpretation • Be aware of common traps and misconceptions, how to avoid them, and how to respond to tough

questions

Lab Then Gab: the NGSS Approach to Environmental Education

Allison Martin, Solano Resource Conservation District

Put on your student lenses and learn how you can improve your K-12 science programs by incorporating the research-backed approaches called for by the Next Generation Science Standards. NGSS calls for a new approach to classroom learning that will help K-12 students tap into their creative and critical thinking skills in order to become higher-level thinkers and contributors to their communities and our planet. As facilitators of these students' extended learning opportunities, we too must learn how to integrate the NGSS approach into our programming, thereby nourishing our participants, our communities, and ourselves.

Wood Ducking! A Citizen Science Project*

Cat Taylor, East Bay Regional Park District

Discover the wonders of wood ducks while participating in a long-term study of theirs nests along the Arroyo Del Valle. We will conduct an actual study while we discuss the tips, tricks, and lessons learned on this multi-year study. Learn how citizen science adds to scientific knowledge while increasing engagement, community, and support for conservation efforts. (*Extended Session, 3:15-5:00)

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Sunday, April 2nd

9:45am-11:05pm Teasing Out the Science

Christy Sherr, Earth Island Institute’s John Muir Project

Do you feel intimidated by a 30 page scientific study? Is it easier to search the internet for conveniently summarized Op-Ed pieces or newspaper articles on your topic, rather than spend the time to read the actual science itself? You are not alone! As a conscientious interpreter, how do you find the "best available" science, make time to read it, and resolve differences in scientific findings? During our workshop, we will learn how to find the latest scientific studies and reports and practice quickly determining the quality of scientific methods used, subsequent findings, and overall content legitimacy.

Lessons Learned from the Performing Arts

Lisa Borok, California State Railroad Museum

Interpreters, like actors, singers and other performers, depend on our voices and bodies to project authority, emotions, welcome and belonging. Yet most interpreters receive little training in honing effective non-verbal communication skills. Many do not know how protect their “instruments” (body and voice) from work-related injuries and extend the longevity of these essential tools. Trainers and supervisors who can tell “something isn’t gelling” may lack the vocabulary and references for coaching improvement. Borrowing from theater, improvisation and vocal arts, this activity-based workshop encourages both novice and seasoned interpreters to explore and practice techniques to enhance their movement and voice.

The Language of Invitation

M. Amos Clifford, Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs

Forest Therapy is an emerging profession based on research about ways time in nature enhances health. The Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs trains and certifies Forest Therapy Guides. The art of guiding as the Association teaches it includes several core techniques. One of these is "The Language of Invitation." Several principles provide a foundation for understanding how the words we use influence people’s capacity to open to the world around them. This workshop will introduce you to Forest Therapy Guiding and the Language of Invitation.

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11:15am-12:05pm Inspiring Stewardship through Collaboration, Education, and Restoration

Michelle Jimenez-Holtz, USDA-FS, Plumas National Forest, and Rob Wade, Plumas Unified School District

Discover how students in Plumas Co. are having maximum impact in restoring their public lands. Through participation in fire restoration activities, students learn how to protect and sustain our cultural and natural resources. This next generation of stewards are rising to new heights and inspiring youth leadership. We’ll explore opportunities to partner with school districts in your area to effectively engage students in hands-on educational experiences.

Our Stories Matter

Stephen Cote, National Park Service

In June 1970, arson fires destroyed multiple buildings on Alcatraz Island including the Warden's Residence and the Lighthouse Keeper's House. The fires took place during a 19-month occupation of the island by Native Americans. There are many ways to tell this story, and different interpretations of what happened. How should this story be interpreted to the visitors? What outcomes do we hope to achieve from our stories about this event, and why should it matter to the visitors?

Walking City Landscapes

Rejane Butler and NoeMesha Williams, San Francisco Maritime NHP

Come get suggestions on how to prepare and present community walks in a city environment where the park is not the focus, but is used instead as a reference or starting point to engage the community and bring awareness to the visitor the relevance that the park has to them. The session will describe our experiences with the Healthy Parks Healthy People program, designed to foster community wellness, increase awareness of the Parks’ mission of protection, and establish relationships between the Park and the community.

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Meet the members who shaped the workshop!

Nichole Gange Co-Workshop Chair

Lindsey Knea Co-Workshop Chair

Steve Soesbe Camp Arroyo Rep.

Luke Bailey Registration Chair

Morgan Dill Program Committee

Laura Drath Program Committee

Kathryn Daskal Program Committee

Marianne Chance Webmaster

Sharol Nelson-Embry Field Trip Committee

Elizabeth Evans Field Trip Committee

Lisa Borok Field Trip Committee

Elise McFarland Field Trip Committee

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Jenn Tarlton Humboldt State Rep.

Nancy Ceridwyn Volunteer Liaison

Ryan Spencer Bulletin – This guide!

Melissa Kinsey Buttons/flare

Sara Arnett Scholarships

James Frank Region 9 Director

Anne Kassebaum Chief of Interpretation and Recreation Services EBRPD

Debi Espinoza-Bylin Behind the scenes magic

Kevin Damstra Behind the scenes magic

Sara Skinner Behind the scenes magic

Phil Sexton Behind the scenes magic

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